I am a bit out of touch with internet and TV - (I have a wired Virgin Media setup).
Thinking of buying a TV for my grandson, but worried about getting ito issues of aerial or dish installation. They have a Sky (2 boxes) set-up and WiFi.
Is it feasable to just use the WiFi and what is the best way of doing it?
I think you have to connect the 'box' to the TV with an HDMI cable.
if they have sky-Q, then they could get a mini-Q box for the new TV, that would connect via WiFi back to the main box, and let him view all the same channels
If they have the Sky Q 2Tb box then the Sky mini boxes used to provide TV in other rooms simply connect over WiFi no additional wiring required. The only issue you can have is if Sky is down then you cannot view terrestrial TV unless you provide additional aerials or use some distribution system from your existing UHF aerial. Having said that since we went with Sky Q we have no weather affected sessions compared to the previous HD box whether that is down to improved electronics or just good luck with the weather I do not know.
Richard
An Internet connected TV can watch all the channels such as BBC iPlayer, Netflix etc. I'm not sure if it can always watch live TV, but someone will be along shortly.....
Just check that the TV has built in WiFi.
No guarantee how long the Apps and the TV's software will work, though. Think mobile phones and lack of long term support.
Cheers
Dave R
The last TV I bought came with both terestrial and satellite tuners. Such a set could receive Freesat if the Sky box was not working, and the cable from the dish was connected to the TV.
To watch Netflix, iPlayer, etc ideally the TV should have a wired connection to the broadband router. Wifi should also work provided there are no competing Wifi signals from neighbours.
We have a television in a room with no aerial or dish connection. We use an Amazon Fire stick to receive terrestrial and a lot of other channels viv wifi.
Mike
You mean streaming over broadband surely ?, and not actually viewing a received terrestrial signal ?
Despite having FTC, I do get occasional 'buffering' when watching things via the net.
If you do want 'terrestrial' why not just use an aerial?
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